Ticket-punch



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G. F. MATTESON.

TICKET PUNGH.

No. 517,053 Patented Mar. 2'7, 1894.-

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G. F. 1VIATTESON.

TICKET PUNCH.

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, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE F. MATTESON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE OASPAR AUTOMATIC PATENT COMPANY, LIMITED, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

TICKET-PUNCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,053, dated March 27, I894.

Application filed June 1'], 1893. Serial No. 478,025. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. MATTESON, a citizen of the United States, residing in Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Mutilators, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in ticket mutilating or canceling devices for so canceling or mutilating tickets of admission when deposited therein as to prevent the possibility of a second use thereof and yet without destroying the character of the ticket.

The prime object of this invention is to have the apparatus of such character that the cutters or mutilators serve as a receiving-hopper for the ticket, and are so disposed and guarded that the ticket can be readily discharged therefrom when mutilated, but cannot be discharged or accidentally escape therefrom without being first mutilated.

Another object is to have the apparatus of such character that the edges of the ticket are 2 5 notched and thus mutilated by a shear cut in such a manner that they are automatically discharged from between the cutters into a receptacle provided for their reception.

Other objects are to provide simple and novel accessory mechanism by which the ticket is guided to the proper position between the cutters, by which the ticket is prevented from passing through the cutters without being mutilated, and by which the deposit of 3 5 tickets is prevented when the cutters are in the act of mutilating another ticket and therefore in an operative position.

These objects are attained by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure 1 represents a vertical section through a ticket-mutilating apparatus embodying my invention, showing the parts in position for receiving the ticket; Fig. 2 a simi- 4 5 lar View showing the cutters closed in the act of mutilating aticket; Fig. 3 a transverse vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and Figs. 4;, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 detail views showing the different parts of the apparatus 5 detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A A indicate the fixed male dies 'or cutters and B the movable female die or cutter, which latter is pivoted at O to a stationary portion of the frame of the machine and is provided with a lateral lug or projection D which is connected by a link E with a hand lever F also suitably pivoted to a sta- 6o tionary portion of the frame of the machine andby which lever movement is imparted to the female cutter through the intermediary of the link. and lug which causes the said cutter to swing on its pivot over past the stationary male cutters which enter slots or notches G formed in the movable die for their reception. This movable die is preferably an angular piece of metal generally oblong in shape, pivoted at the angle thereof as shown and standing in a slightly oblique position so as to constitute one side of a chute or hopper H, the opposite side of which is formed by the fixed cutters, so that the admission tickets deposited in the hopper, will stand on edge between the fixed and movable cutters and as the slots or notches in the movable cutter are just complementary to the fixed cutters, the edges thereof, when the fixed cutters enter said slots or notches, operate in much the same manner as the cuttingedges of a pair of shears to clip or cut outa number of pieces from the edges of the ticket corresponding in dimensions and relative location with the fixed cutters. Obviously there may be any desired number of fixed cutters and slots according to the degree of mutilation desirable.

' The fixed cutters A and A are attached to any suitable support in such manner as to be in line with each other but separated so as to leave a space there between for the body of the mutilated ticket to pass through, the purpose being to cut or notch only the edges of the ticket, as illustrated in Fig. 6, which leaves the ticket as a whole, intact. A con- 5 venient means of supporting the cutters is shown in the drawings consisting of a laterally extending shank I on each upper cutter fitting into corresponding slots in a frame plate J attached to the casing K in which all too of the mechanism before described is contained, the shanks being secured to the frame-plates by means of pins, screws, or in any other convenient manner so as to hold them rigidly in position with the cutter de pending below the frame-plate. The lower fixed cutters A are also provided with laterally extending shanks which find a support in grooves or sockets in the frame-plate L in which they are secured in like manner to the upper cutters but with the cutter extending above the frame-plate and shank as clearly illustrated in the drawings. As an additional means of securing'these lower cutters in position, the pivot of the movable cutter B extends through the frame-plate L and also through the head of each cutter at the point of conjunction therewith of its shank, the cutter standing in the continuation of the slots G in the movable cutter so that the cutting edges of the lower fixed cutters and the movable cutter form an acute angle to each other.

A transverse brace M may be employed connectingthe frame-plates J and L if desired, for reinforcing and strengthening the parts and also to serve as a support for a flap N pivoted thereto and so disposed as to span the opening between the ends of the upper and lower fixed cutters A and A and thus serve to prevent a ticket when deposited in the chute H from passing through this opening and directly into the casing of the apparatus without being first mutilated. This flap is held yieldingly in position in any suitable manner so that it may be moved back and permit the discharge of the mutilated ticket after each operation, a convenient means for accomplishing this result being the crank arm 0 on the pivot thereof, with which is con nected one end of a coil spring P, the opposite end of which is secured to the brace M so that the tension of the spring normally holds. the closing flap in position spanning the opening between the upper and lower fixed cutters. In the act of mutilating a ticket this flap is moved back out of the way by means of a pin or projection Qon the movable cutter, which, on the initial movement of the cutter strikes the flap near the pivot thereof and serves to move it entirely clear of the fixed cutters, so

that the ticket after being mutilated may drop clear of the cutters and fall into a suitable receptacle placed in the lower portion of the casing K of the apparatus.

In order to prevent a ticket being deposited in the chute While the cutters are closed or together in the act of mutilating a ticket, I provide a radius-plate R of substantially the dimensions of the mouth of the chute attached to the upper edge of the movable cutter, which, as the cutter moves across the chute, closes or blinds the chute and thus eifectually prevents the deposit of any ticket until the cutter has resumed its normal position, which it does, preferably under the influence of the coiled spring S attached at its ends respectively to the hand-lever F and the casing K and which will be readily understood from an inspection of the drawings.

If desired,pins a such as are shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 5, may be provided upon the movable jaw B near the lower end thereof to serve as a means for preventing any possibility of the ticket wedging between the stationary and movable cutters, although in practice such pins are not deemed essential.

A mutilator constructed in accordance with my invention is both simple, cheap and effective in its operation, serving as it does to absolutely insure the mutilation of a ticket deposited therein before it can be discharged from the chute, and yet in a manner that does not destroy the character of the ticket and without any fatiguing effort on the part of the operator, who can mutilate a large number of tickets in rapid succession and after an opportunity of inspecting the tickets before being deposited in the machine.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isj 1. A ticket mutilator comprising fixed and movable male and female cutters one of said cutters being slotted for reception of the other and means for operating the movable cutter, substantially as described.

2. A ticket mutilator comprising fixed and movable pivoted male and female cutters constituting a chute or hopper for reception of the ticket one of said cutters being slotted for reception of the other and means for operating said movable cutter, substantially as described.

3. A ticket mutilator comprising fixed and movable male and female cutters, said movable cutter being pivoted, one of said cutters being slotted for reception of the other, and a lever connected with,for operating said movable cutter, substantially as described.

4. A ticket mutilator comprising fixed and movable cutters, said fixed cutters consisting of two sets of independent cutters, a yielding flap for closing the space between said outters and means for operating the movable cutter, substantially as described.

5. A ticket mutilator comprising fixed and movable cutters, said fixed cutters consisting of two sets of independent cutters, a spring actuated flap for closing the space between said sets of fixed cutters and a projection on the movable cutter for engaging and displacing said flap during the mutilating operation, substantially as described.

6. Aticket mutilator comprising fixed and movable cutters constituting a chute or hopper for reception of the tickets, said cutters IIO 7. A ticket mutilator comprising fixed and movable cutters constituting a chute for reception of the tickets and contained within a casing, saidfixed cutter consisting of two sets of independent cutters, a spring-actuated flap for closing the space between said sets of fixed cutters, a projection on the movable cutter for engaging and displacing said flap, and a shield for temporarily closing the opening in the 10 casing admitting tickets between the fixed and movable cutters, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, 1n presence of two witnesses, this 27th day of April, A. D. 1893.

GEORGE F. 'MATTESON.

Witnesses:

W. R. OMOHUNDRO, V. HUGO. 

